the free annual event takes in the city's japantown. it's dedicated to the memory the longest-serving japanese through downtown san francisco for the annual chinese new year 5-k and 10- k races. this morning. place at the asian cultural center in oakland. it included an arts and crafts expo, cultural performances and artist workshops. all to celbrate the year of the snake. >> due to lack of funding three parks in marin county were in danger of closing. but as kron 4's jeff pierce explains a way was found to save them. >> well a couple years ago it looked pretty shakey. china camp state park in close when the state park system was battered by state budgetcuts. we have been in triage mode in the last few years in ha in addition to the historical china camp village, the park has some of the best single track mountain bike trails in the bay area, trails the mountain bike team train on. to come and hang out at the park. but concerned citizens of marin raised nearly a million dollars to save china camp from closure, money that was matched by